• objectivism doctrine that all reality is objective
• omnism belief in all religions
• optimism doctrine that we live in the best of all possible worlds
• organicism conception of life or society as an organism
  
  
• paedobaptism doctrine of infant baptism
• panaesthetism theory that consciousness may inhere generally in matter
• pancosmism theory that the material universe is all that exists
• panegoism solipsism
• panentheism belief that world is part but not all of God’s being
• panpsychism theory that all nature has a psychic side
• pansexualism theory that all thought derived from sexual instinct
• panspermatism belief in origin of life from extraterrestrial germs
• pantheism belief that the universe is God;
• panzoism belief that humans and animals share vital life energy
• parallelism belief that matter and mind don’t interact but relate
• pejorism severe pessimism
• perfectibilism doctrine that humans capable of becoming perfect
• perfectionism doctrine that moral perfection constitutes the highest value
• personalism doctrine that humans possess spiritual freedom
• pessimism doctrine that the universe is essentially evil
• phenomenalism belief that phenomena are the only realities
• physicalism belief that all phenomena reducible to verifiable assertions
• physitheism attribution of physical form and attributes to deities
• pluralism belief that reality consists of several kinds or entities
• polytheism belief in multiple deities
• positivism doctrine that that which is not observable is not knowable
• pragmatism doctrine emphasizing practical value of philosophy
• predestinarianism belief that what ever is to happen is already fixed
• prescriptivism belief that moral edicts are merely orders with no truth value
• primitivism doctrine that a simple and natural life is morally best
• privatism attitude of avoiding involvement in outside interests
• probabiliorism belief that when in doubt one must choose most likely answer
• probabilism belief that knowledge is always probable but never absolute
• psilanthropism denial of Christ's divinity
• psychism belief in universal soul
• psychomorphism doctrine that inanimate objects have human mentality
• psychopannychism belief souls sleep from death to resurrection
• psychotheism doctrine that God is a purely spiritual entity
• pyrrhonism total or radical skepticism
  
  
• quietism doctrine of enlightenment through mental tranquility
  
  
• racism belief that race is the primary determinant of human capacities
• rationalism belief that reason is the fundamental source of knowledge
• realism doctrine that objects of cognition are real
• reductionism belief that complex phenomena are reducible to simple ones
• regalism doctrine of the monarch's supremacy in church affairs
• representationalism doctrine that ideas rather than external objects are basis of knowledge
• republicanism belief that a republic is the best form of government
• resistentialism humorous theory that inanimate objects display malice towards humans
• romanticism belief in sentimental feeling in artistic expression
  
  
  
• sacerdotalism belief that priests are necessary mediators between God and mankind
• sacramentarianism belief that sacraments have unusual properties
• scientism belief that the methods of science are universally applicable
• self-determinism doctrine that the actions of a self are determined by itself
• sensationalism belief that ideas originate solely in sensation
• siderism belief that the stars influence human affairs
• skepticism doctrine that true knowledge is always uncertain
• socialism doctrine of centralized state control of wealth and property
• solarism excessive use of solar myths in explaining mythology
• solifidianism doctrine that faith alone will ensure salvation
• solipsism theory that self-existence is the only certainty
• somatism materialism
• spatialism doctrine that matter has only spatial, temporal and causal properties
• spiritualism belief that nothing is real except the soul or spirit
• stercoranism belief that the consecrated Eucharist is digested and evacuated
• stoicism belief in indifference to pleasure or pain
• subjectivism doctrine that all knowledge is subjective
• substantialism belief that there is a real existence underlying phenomena
• syndicalism doctrine of direct worker control of capital
• synergism belief that human will and divine spirit cooperate in salvation
  
  
• terminism doctrine that there is a time limit for repentance
• thanatism belief that the soul dies with the body
• theism belief in the existence of God without special revelation
• theocentrism belief that God is central fact of existence
• theopantism belief that God is the only reality
• theopsychism belief that the soul is of a divine nature
• thnetopsychism belief that the soul dies with the body, to be reborn on day of judgement
• titanism spirit of revolt or defiance against social conventions
• tolerationism doctrine of toleration of religious differences
• totemism belief that a group has a special kinship with an object or animal
• transcendentalism theory that emphasizes that which transcends perception
• transmigrationism belief that soul passes into other body at death
• trialism doctrine that humans have three separate essences (body, soul, spirit)
• tritheism belief that the members of the Trinity are separate gods
• triumphalism belief in the superiority of one particular religious creed
• tuism theory that individuals have a second or other self
• tutiorism doctrine that one should take the safer moral course
• tychism theory that accepts role of pure chance
  
  
• ubiquitarianism belief that Christ is everywhere
• undulationism theory that light consists of waves
• universalism belief in universal salvation
• utilitarianism belief that utility of actions determines moral value
  
  
• vitalism the doctrine that there is a vital force behind life
• voluntarism belief that the will dominates the intellect
  
  
• zoism doctrine that life originates from a single vital principle
• zoomorphism conception of a god or man in animal form
• zootheism attribution of divine qualities to animals

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A Man Would Do Nothing,
If He Waited Until He
Could Do It So Well
That No One Would Find Fault
With What He Has Done.